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Breakfast of Champions

2/28/2010

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After the madness of Mardi Gras had has wound down we found ourselves exploring a quieter New Orleans one morning while walking through the ‘garden district’ we popped into Three Brothers, a tiny little twenty-four hour dive-bar. Dave, the bar tender who works the two am to ten am shift greeted us and pointed us to the restroom. 

On the way out we got into some banter with Dave about rather or not beer was in fact a solid breakfast food. He must have won because in the end we agreed to have a drink with him (on the house). We listed to him tell stories about his version of New Orleans and invite us back to stay at his place for St. Patrick’s Day. 

There was something magical about ‘the prettiest yellow dive bar in uptown’, as Dave called it. Patron after Patron came into the bar, hugging Dave and bringing him home cooked food. Turns out Dave has set up a kind of informal pot-luck food exchange program with folks in his neighborhood.  He proceeded to brag on his ‘made from scratch lasagna’ and invited us to come and stay in his neighborhood and eat with his people anytime.                                                                                                                 -Ryan
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Cross-country…bus or bike?

2/26/2010

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These two, who we had the pleasure of exploring New Orleans with, almost put our trip to shame. Traveling with only the gear shown in this picture they have cycle-toured through North and South America. Jeff (on left) is a Canadian who has been going for almost four years, logging over 10,000 on his bike and Dave (on right) is an Englishman who’s been at it for the last year.  Just when we thought we were roughing it, these guys made our van feel like a luxury hotel.                                                           -Ryan
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Mardi Gras

2/21/2010

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Heading into New Orleans we didn’t really know what to expect. We were meeting up with couchsurfers from all around the world…all of us experiencing Mardi Gras for the first time…the stage was set for just about anything to happen.

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It’s hard to encapsulate in a couple of sentences the madness that is New Orleans at Mardi Gras. Thinking back on the five crazy days and nights we spent there, a few memories do come to mind…

Sitting in Lees Circle at night, drinking champagne from the bottle at the top of the monument while the parade wound on slowly down below us
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The Cajun food and the music of washboard band, Chaz, on Frenchmen Street
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Marching in full costume down Royal Street while crowds of people screamed and cheered all around us and beads rained down from above...I really felt like I had experienced the spirit of New Orleans.     -Ryan         

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To see more pictures from New Orleans and Mardi Gras click here.
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San Anotnio , TX

2/13/2010

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Back in the heart of Texas…

Our favorite part of San Antonio was definitely “The River Walk”…the lights, live music and Mexican food made it feel unlike any other place we’ve been.
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We explored the rest of the city despite the three days of rainfall, which made us the only two walking through the Mexican markets and outdoor eateries in the rain.

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When we realized we didn’t exactly ‘remember the Alamo’ we decided to rent Hollywood’s version of the story to watch the night before we went to see the real thing. I’m sure it’s not the approach Mr. Johnson (my old history teacher) would approve of, but it helped spark our interest in the iron gates and dilapidated stone walls we visited the next day. I think we both sang the Davey Crockett theme song for the next 100 miles.  
                                                                                                                                   -Lane                             

                                   To see more of our pictures from Texas click here.                        

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Tombstone, AZ

2/7/2010

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We took a little more time in Arizona this time around. We stayed in Pheonix with my AXO 'pledge mom' from college, Erica. We had a great time exploring the area and hanging out with her awesome family. Thanks Erica!

We also took a detour to check out Tombstone, AZ (thanks for the recomendation Amy.) It was a bit touristy, but it was fun to see the OK Corral and watch some gun fight reinactments. You can see all our Arizona pictures
here. When we felt like we had had our fill of the 'wild west' exploring this area we headed on down to the deep south.  -Lane

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Off Again

2/2/2010

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With Mardi Gras drawing near we set off, I got in one last surf with the surf club. -Ryan
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